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JAMES HARRISON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR RELEASING HORSES.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J AMES HARRISON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Impovement in Apparatus forDisconnecting Horses from their Stalls; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a rear view of a series of stalls to which my improvedapparatus has been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of one ofthe My invention has for its object to furnish an improved apparatusfor-application to the stalls of a stable, which will enable all thehorses or other animals secured in said stalls to be disengaged and ledor drawn from said stable, where, in case of fire or other accident,there maybe no time to enter each stall and disengage and lead out theanimals one at a time, or when the said animals may be so frightenedthat they will not leave their stalls; and it consists in the apparatusconstructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

-A represents the frames or partitions between the stalls. B is a chainextending from the door of the stable, or from near the door, back alongthe upper parts ot the outer ends of the stalls,

where it is supported in place by nails or pins 0' attached to theframes of the stalls or to some other part of the frame of the stable.From the chain B branch-chains D lead into each stall along the upperpart of the partitions A, or along the ceilingof the said stalls. Thechains D arepassed through the eye of eye-bolts E attached to theframe-work at the front of the stalls, and have a ring, F, attached totheir ends, of such size as to pass freely through the eyes E, and whichare placed upon a long hook, G, attached to the Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 120,272, dated October 24, 1871.

frame-work or to some other support at the forward end of the stalls. Tothe chains D, just before they pass through the eyes E, is attached theend of a chain, H, the other end of which is attached to the head-stallof the horses. To the chains H is attached a ring, I, in proper positionto be dropped over the long hooks G, above the rings F. The long hooks Gmay, if desired, be provided with springs J to prevent the rings F Ifrom being accidentally detached from the hooks G. l/Vith the outer endof the chain B is connected a whiffletree, K, traces L, and breastcollarM, as shown in Fig. 1.

With this device, in case it is necessary to remove the horses quicklyfrom the stalls, the first horse is led out, or one already out isbrought to the door, the breast-collar M placed upon him, and he is ledaway from the stable. As he walks away the first efi'ect is to detachthe chain B from the nails or pins G. The next effect is to draw uponthe chains D, which draws the rings F from the long hooks G, the rings Fpushing the rings I from said hooks. This leaves the chains free, sothat as they are still drawn upon the horses must pass or be dragged outof the stalls and then out of the stable.

H. ving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The arrangement of the chains B D H and rings F Iwith the pins or nails 0, eye-bolts E, long hooks G, and the stalls of astable, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination of the whifiietree K, traces L, and breast-collar Mwith the chains B D H, substantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

JAMES HARRISON.

Witnesses J AMES T. GRAHAM,

